Memorise:
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and
by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death. Revelation
12:11
Read: Hebrew 12:22-25
22 But ye are come unto mount Sion,
and unto the city of the living God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and to an
innumerable company of angels,
23 To the
general assembly and church of the firstborn, which are written in heaven, and
to God the Judge of all, and to the spirits of just men made perfect,
24 And to
Jesus the mediator of the new covenant, and to the blood of sprinkling, that
speaketh better things than that of Abel.
25 See that
ye refuse not him that speaketh. For if they escaped not who refused him that
spake on earth, much more shall not we escape, if we turn away
from him that speaketh from heaven:
Message
There are two
irresistible weapons available to the children of God in spiritual warfare.
These are then Word [of God] and the Blood [of Jesus Christ]. The Word is so
powerful that the entire universe was made by abnormality in your life under
control, just as He did in Genesis 1. Death is the greatest problem that
confronts mankind. The Bible in 1st Corinthians 15:56a reveals that
the power of death lies in sin:
“The sting of death is sin;”
But praise God, the Blood
of Jesus took care of sin once and for all. Revelation 1:5b says that:
“Unto him that loved us,
and washed us from our sin in his own blood,”
Once the matter of sin is
dealt with by the sinless Blood of Jesus Christ, the evil sting of death is
rendered powerless.
As such, when a child of
God is armed with the Word and with the Blood, victory if fully decided. The
question then is: why are some children of God still living defeated lives? The
problem is, for these two weapons of spiritual warfare to be effective for any
child of God, certain conditions must be fulfilled. One of such conditions is
that they must be ready to honour God’s Word, no matter the cost. At times,
when some children of God are caught in heinous sins that should not even be
heard of among moralists, they chorus, “it is the devil’s work.” Its as if
John 10:10 has been erased from the Bibles. Because such Christians do not
honour God’s Word by keeping it, the Word can’t work for them. When a so-called
child of God continues to kiss women other than his wife and blatantly
disregard God’s Word in 1 Thessalonians 5:22 that says,
“Abstain from all appearance of evil.”
The Word will not be
effective for him in fighting against the likes of Delilah. Or is it the Blood
of Jesus Christ, who some nail to the cross times without number as they rise
and fall, that would avail for them? Notice that the Bible in the concluding
part of Revelation 12:11 says that:
“.and they loved not their lives
unto the death.”
For the Blood of Jesus to
work for you, you are expected to resist sin to the point of, if necessary,
shedding your own blood (Hebrews 12:4). I pray that the Word and the Blood will
work for you at all times in Jesus’ Name.
Action
Point
Determine to put the Word of God into proper
application in your daily life, and plead the Blood of Jesus Christ against all
negative situations of life for a pleasant turn around.
BIBLE
IN A YEAR: Isaiah 58:60, Acts
11:19-12:5
AUTHOR:
Pastor E.A. Adeboye
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